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USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Notre Dame DE Jordan Botelho has suffered a pec injury that will keep him out 4 months
Notre Dame DE Jordan Botelho has suffered a pec injury that will keep him out 4 months It hasn't been a great calendar year for Notre Dame football defensive end Jordan Botelho, and unfortunately the injury bug has hit him once again as reported by Matt Freeman. Last fall against Purdue, the senior injured his right knee, and he was lost for the remainder of the season. While Botelho announced that he had unfinished business in South Bend and prepared for his return, but another bump in the road happened recently. The report says that he has injured his pectoral muscle and will be out for at least four months. It's a big blow for Botelho and the Irish defensive line, as they lost more than a few talented players at the position. However, the cupboard isn't bare, as Notre Dame has multiple players who could breakout this fall including Boubacar Traore, Loghan Thomas, and Bryce Young. Botelho's injury will allow some of the younger players to get valuable reps as the Irish look for the best combination to attack opposing offenses.
USA Today
25-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Jordan Botelho looks to be healthy for Notre Dame's 2026 season
Jordan Botelho looks to be healthy for Notre Dame's 2026 season It was an unfortunate 2024 season for Notre Dame football edge rusher Jordan Botelho, who had extremely high hopes entering the year. The Hawaiian looked to be heading towards a breakout season, only to suffer a season-ending injury against Purdue. Through the first three games of the year, Botelho had 12 tackles and a sack, but numerous pressures even if he wasn't quite getting the quarterback down. The right patella tendon rupture wasn't how he envisioned his season going, but after announcing that he'll return to South Bend for another year, he's taking his rehab extremely seriously. In a video he shared to his social media account, it very much looks like Botelho will be fully healthy to begin the year. He looks to be running well, lifting big weights and getting his agility back after missing the majority of this past season. Notre Dame needs some of its edge rushers to set up this coming fall, and Botelho could be one of them.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Yahoo
Massachusetts woman sentenced for wire fraud from two employers
DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WWLP) – A woman from Dartmouth was sentenced to prison in connection with embezzling money from multiple employers. According to the Department of Justice in Boston, 42-year-old Jasmyne Botelho allegedly stole at least $280,000 from her employer between September 2017 and April 2020. To hide her scheme, Botelho falsified her employer's books and records to make it appear that payments had been sent to vendors rather than to Botelho. She also allegedly inflated her payroll from another employer by more than $160,000 between May 2022 and December 2023. To hide this scheme, she manipulated her employer's payroll and accounting software to hide her inflated payroll as well as phony 'reimbursements' she paid herself. Botelho pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and was sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution and forfeiture orders of $443,122.59. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Reba's Law takes aim at wide range of animal cruelty, giving prosecutors more tools
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The horrific circumstances surrounding the death of Reba — the English bulldog that died after being abandoned in a sealed plastic tub left next to a dumpster on a hot Las Vegas day — proved to be the tipping point for prosecutors and the public. But 'Reba's Law,' a nickname assigned to Assembly Bill 381 (AB381) in the Nevada Legislature, isn't only about sending the worst offenders to prison. It's also about establishing a wider range of penalties so prosecutors can make the punishment fit the crime. Current law handcuffs prosecutors, giving them only misdemeanors to punish people involved in a wide variety of animal cruelty cases. The sentences available range from one to four years in prison, even when the animal dies. AB381 would impose tougher penalties — one to 10 years in prison — in the most extreme cases. The bill also contains penalties for hurting or killing a police dog, as well as establishing crimes for failing to stop someone from an act of animal cruelty. 'Often, the individuals who are charged with animal abuse and cruelty have a very, 'It's not that serious,' kind of demeanor. 'It's just a cat. It's just a dog. It's just a pet. I didn't harm or kill a human being,' ' Agnes Botelho, chief deputy district attorney at the Clark County District Attorney's Office, told lawmakers. Botelho has handled some of the most egregious cases in recent years and spoke in support of AB381 on Wednesday. 'This bill and the increase in potential punishments will send the message that these crimes against innocent animals are serious and important and will be treated as such by the public, lawmakers and the courts, and hopefully deter this terrible behavior that was once considered not that big of a deal,' Botelho said. 'Reba's Law' at Nevada Legislature toughens penalties for animal cruelty, torture Republican Assem. Melissa Hardy, who sponsored AB381, said, 'The reason for this hearing today comes from an unspeakable tragedy. The story behind this legislation is heartbreaking and difficult to tell. Passing this bill will show that Nevada is a state that values and protects life — all life — and we stand up and those that are voiceless and can't advocate for themselves.' Isaac Laushaul Jr., 32, and Markeisha Foster, 30, were arrested in December 2024, about six months after Reba was found near a grocery store on E. Twain Avenue near Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Road. It was 110 degrees outside and Reba died two days later from the effects of heat stroke. The trial for Laushaul and Foster is scheduled to start on June 16. Testimony from people who back the bill showed the public's sadness over recent crimes that have made headlines. People struggled to speak as their voices broke and they were overcome by emotion. Gina Greisen, an advocate for animals for years in Las Vegas, talked specifically about a case involving animal hoarders who were arrested in Boulder City after eluding punishment elsewhere. Officers found 42 animals dead in a freezer. A man and a woman in their 70s faced misdemeanor charges in Boulder City and felony charges in Clark County, but now those 16 felony charges have been reduced to a single felony, Greisen said. And the DA isn't opposing probation. 'I'm very concerned about the number of cases that end in probation. And I'm talking about heinous cases,' Greisen told lawmakers. Botelho said the DA's office doesn't often pursue severe penalties in animal cruel cases. Prosecutors and the courts need the flexibility that AB381 would bring, especially in cases that aren't clearly malicious. Reba's Law would allow consideration of reckless conduct. She talked about the challenges in prosecuting offenders who don't cross the line into malicious behavior, but hurt animals because they make reckless decisions. Among those cases: People who leave dogs in hot cars with the air conditioning on, only to have the AC fail. She also talked about people who try to dock the tails of certain breeds without taking them to a vet. That leads to suffering, but probably can't be prosecuted as a felony. Officials with the public defender's offices in Clark and Washoe counties opposed the bill because it tends to be enforced more often against low-income people who can't afford high vet bills. They cited a variety of other reasons, including a requirement for people to intervene in violent situations. 'This bill establishes a duty to intervene when someone is witnessing animal abuse,' Paloma Guerrero of the Clark County Public Defender's Office said. 'We cannot have a duty to intervene on an already dangerous, violent situation without increasing the risk of death and substantial bodily harm to human life. 'When you impose on citizens a duty to intervene on someone that is violently kicking a dog, maybe stabbing a dog, maybe has a gun … we cannot ask that person to put themselves in danger as well,' Guerrero said. Several amendments have been offered for AB381, and the bill's sponsors are continuing to work on the wording in Reba's Law. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
